#More of the same
The Gulaschprogrammiernacht has it all: Talks, workshops, demoshow, flashing lights, lots of music (always both too loud and too quiet), two (!!!) hackcenters, enough Mate for all of us (some say it’s the years stock for Karlsruhe), tons of Tschunk, an epic lounge, and a fantastic outside lava-lawn (*lava not included). Oh, and as always: yummy goulash in a meaty and vegan edition.
Four days of collective hacking, talking, socializing, and chilling.
Everyone is welcome, from the ‘usual suspects’ to newbies as well as all other interested parties.

#Hot & New
* With the “SchnOpC”, the “SchnullerOperationCenter” there’ll be a team which takes care of babies and toddlers for the first time. We’re going to have a basic care infrastructure for the next generation of hackers.
* The Hackcenter will be the biggest of all times (*actual size may vary)

#Talks/Workshops:
The amount and quality of talks and workshops that can be attended at the GPN depends on you! We are eager to hear about your submissions on all kinds of topics for all the different attendees. You can submit your talks and workshops at our Pretalx https://pretalx.entropia.de/gpn18/cfp
If you yourself don’t feel up to the task but know of people you would love to see at the GPN, please talk to them and refer them to this call for participation and https://pretalx.entropia.de/gpn18/cfp
Please keep in mind that this event is attended by a wide range of people that may not be as well versed in your area of expertise as perhaps at a specialized conference. Please also try to make your talks accessible to the widest range as possible.
The talks will be recorded and put online by the C3VOC at https://media.ccc.de/. As a speaker, you can of course opt out of being recorded at any time.

#Trolling
Like all other Chaos events, the GPN only works thanks to the help of many volunteers that keep everything running, from the info desk to the livestreams. Whoever wants to lend a hand is encouraged to do so and can (soon) register to the Trollsystem https://trollsystem.de/.
While most tasks can be done by anyone, taining for particular tasks will be provided to those who need it.

#Heralding:
What is a herald I hear you ask? Well, a herald is someone that relays a public announcement on stage, presents the following talk and speaker, and introduces the audience to the upcoming topic. A Herald also moderates the Q&A after the talk. The heralding will happen in the same language as the talk, which means talking mostly german and, in fewer cases, english. Heralding requires a little preparation and some improvisational skills: If you want to try out speaking on stage, but don’t feel up to the task of doing a talk become a herald https://entropia.de/GPN18:Heralden until 15.04.2018 :-)!

“How much does a ticket cost?” – There are no tickets and admission is free. The GPN is funded by your contributions, the prices for food and drinks are kept low. To finance further iterations of the GPN, we rely on and kindly ask for your donations: You decide how much the experience is worth to you! (As a reference, a “recommended”/”average donation” will be annonced at a later stage.)

“Why should I register if there are no tickets?” – We need some preliminary data to estimate how many chairs and tables to book, how much Mate and ingredients for goulas to buy. Textiles and other merchandise has to be preordered during registration. You are of course free to come to the GPN without prior registration, even though it would be extremely helpful for our planning and other preparations.

“What are trolls?” – Trolls are all people helping us run the GPN, they are very much the same thing as the angles at other chaos-events.

“Is there going to be a gym or other accomodations to sleep?” – Unfortunately, it was (and will) not (be) possible to organize a gym or other accomodations. Still, have a look at the couchexchange in the Wiki https://entropia.de/GPN18:Unterkunft.

“I still have Questions!” – Please visit our full length FAQ! https://entropia.de/GPN18:FAQ If you can’t find any answer to your question there, send us a mail at info@entropia.de.

wow, we are impressed about the hundreds of registrations for the 17th. Gulaschprogrammiernacht (GPN) and we are looking forward to welcome you all here! Are you registered by now? The registration is optional, but it helps us to estimate the number of visitors for the event. You can register here: https://shop.entropia.de/entropia/gpn17/

Have you submitted a talk or a workshop yet? Your active participation in the event defines the GPN and makes it so memorable. We therefore ask you to make more talks, meetups and workshops! We will release the first version of our schedule shortly. Therefore submit your talk soon, best case now! https://frab.cccv.de/en/gpn17/cfp

You find further information at https://entropia.de/GPN17/en. We are looking forward to meet up with you guys from the 25th til the 28th of May at the HfG and the ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany.

In order to enable more of you to be able to come to us, we have moved the GPN to Ascension Day this year. In addition, we are looking to provide affordable accommodation for you.

The Gulaschprogrammiernacht has everything: Lectures, workshops, a big hackcenter, mate and tschunk, an epic lounge and the lava meadow. Of course, there will also be goulash – both with meat and as a vegan alternative. We welcome everybody, from the “usual suspects” to the wholly inexperienced.

This year there’s something new! We’ve developed an electronic badge as you may already know it from past events. The GulaschPushNotifier is an versatile IoT-Device. You can preorder it together with the t-shirts.

Works for me! But does it work as inteded? What protects the code, the infrastracture and the applications we build from being used unethically? Whether it’s about Dual Use or simple misappropriation: Can we simply continue hacking without worrying about those possibilities? We are curious what you think and look forward to spirited discussions about a topic that gets harder and harder to avoid in an age of telltale social networks, internet-destroying toasters and robots designed to kill.

How many lectures and workshops will there be and how interesting will they be? Well, that depends on you! We look forward to lectures on a multitude of topics relevant to hacking and a jumble of workshops for all participants. You can submit your ideas in Frab. If you don’t want to submit a lecture yourself but know folks who might, please get in touch with them and tell them about our call for participation. We ask all contributors to kindly read our guidelines on inclusion and behavior and on accessibility. This greatly helps creating the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere that makes the GPN so awesome. The CCC VOC will be recording all lectures by default, but you can opt out at any time.

Can you help? Absolutely! Like every other chaos event, the GPN only works thanks to our industrious helpers. If you would like to make the GPN better, please register here.

“What about entry fees?” – Entry is free and unlimited. The GPN is based on donations, prices for food and drink are low. If you can, please donate to make the next GPN possible.

“Why should I register?” – So we know how many chairs, tables and ingredients for goulash / cocktails or fancy attire we should get. But if you miss the registration, please come anyway.

“How barrier-free are you?” – Well, we are working on it to make it better. You can find reports of our current progress in our Wiki. If you have suggestions or spot something amiss, please let us know.

“What are trolls?” – That’s what we call our helpers, like the angels at other CCC events. Please come over and troll us.

“Is there a gym to sleep in?” – We’re working on it, stay tuned!

“I’ve got other questions!” – Take a look at our comprehensive FAQ and if you still can’t find an answer, write us an email.